Neil Gow
@neil-gow.bsky.social
Medical mycologist, science, nature and the great outdoors. Fine malts and hill lochs. Editor of: The Cell Surface, and sectional editor of Molecular Microbiology.
University of Exeter. Technical Manager Vacancy ID: 1161. Closing date of the role: 20 Aug 2026. Starting salary from £33,951 on Grade E. MRC-funded project on the skin fungus Malassezia and its contribution to inflammatory skin disorders. E. @mrccmm.bsky.social @bsmm-meeting.bsky.social
Women in Mycology (WIM) by MSGERC and Women for Mycology (WOMYC) have joined forces to launch a global survey on career development. This will directly inform programs within MSGERC, ECMM, and ISHAM. survey open until 31 July 2026. www.clinicalsurveys.net/uc/wim-womyc...
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The WHO today published a new blueprint to help countries respond to the increasing burden of fungal disease and antifungal resistance – one of global health’s most underestimated and neglected threats. www.who.int/news/item/30... @youngecmm.bsky.social @ishamycology.bsky.social
New WHO report outlines critical steps to confront fungal disease and antifungal resistance
The World Health Organization (WHO) today published a new blueprint to help countries respond to the increasing burden of fungal disease and antifungal resistance – one of global health’s most underes...
who.int
Fascinating SCI conference on antimicrobials at the Francis Crick Institute. Great talk by Elaine Bignell about the MRC-CMM and her group’s world leading work on improving antifungal drug resilience through combination therapy. @elainebignell.bsky.social @mrccmm.bsky.social @youngecmm.bsky.social
Antifungal resistance is growing – will new treatments turn the tables? www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Antifungal resistance is growing – will new treatments turn the tables?
Trials of drugs to fight deadly resistant infections are advancing, but they might fall victim to overuse of agricultural fungicides just like their predecessors.
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Giving a talk today at the IPC2026 which considers the 9 Wembley stadiums worth of patients who get a hospital acquired infection each year. Delighted to represent mycology & AMR. @mrccmm.bsky.social @youngecmm.bsky.social @ishamycology.bsky.social @youngisham.bsky.social @bsmm-meeting.bsky.social
Some of the ESCMID delegates are AI experts and are very helpful in finding the medical mycology sessions. @escmid.bsky.social @mrccmm.bsky.social @youngecmm.bsky.social @ishamycology.bsky.social @britmycolsoc.org.uk @bsmm-meeting.bsky.social
The scale of ESCMID Global, here in Munich, is impressive. The big topic seems to be AI and everything with 10 sessions. Medical mycology has a presence throughout the day. @youngecmm.bsky.social @ishamycology.bsky.social @mrccmm.bsky.social @escmid.bsky.social
50 medical mycologists put their shoulder behind an action plan to mitigate the rising threat of antifungal drug resistance. Check out in Nature Medicine. @youngecmm.bsky.social @ecmmcandidaiv.bsky.social @ishamycology.bsky.social @bsmm-meeting.bsky.social @mrccmm.bsky.social
We enjoyed hosting a visit from Robin May who entertained everybody with a seminar about his life and career as a lab scientist & government scientific advisor. From lab coat to bowler hat!@robinmay9.bsky.social @mrccmm.bsky.social @youngecmm.bsky.social @bsmm-meeting.bsky.social @ukhsa.bsky.social
I’ll be speaking at the 5th SCI / RSC Symposium on Anti-Infectives Drug Discovery in June. @sciupdate.bsky.social #AntiInfectives26 To register: bit.ly/5th_anti-inf... @youngecmm.bsky.social @ishamycology.bsky.social @mrccmm.bsky.social @msgerc.bsky.social
Do consider coming to this premium fungal AMR conference in Bangkok in November. @youngecmm.bsky.social @youngisham.bsky.social @ishamycology.bsky.social @mrccmm.bsky.social @bsmm-meeting.bsky.social
Our new paper is out on the cell wall UDP-sugar nucleotide pathways in Candida & their potential as antifungal drug targets. doi.org/10.1016/j.tc... @mrccmm.bsky.social @youngecmm.bsky.social @ecmmcandidaiv.bsky.social @ishamycology.bsky.social @youngisham.bsky.social @bsmm-meeting.bsky.social
Catch our new review on amphotericin B resistance in fugal pathogens. doi.org/10.1016/j.tc.... @mrccmm.bsky.social @youngecmm.bsky.social @ishamycology.bsky.social @youngisham.bsky.social @bsmm-meeting.bsky.social
Great evening out with the lab celebrating the end of the year and the forthcoming festivities @mrccmm.bsky.social @youngecmm.bsky.social @youngisham.bsky.social
PhD position available to study the immune response to the terbinafine resistant dermatophyte T. Indotinea. www.surrey.ac.uk/wessex-one-h... @mrccmm.bsky.social @youngecmm.bsky.social @ishamycology.bsky.social @britsocimm.bsky.social @britmycolsoc.org.uk
Get ready for a feast of fungal biology at the GRC CMFB conference in Holderness, NH next year. @mrccmm.bsky.social @youngecmm.bsky.social @ishamycology.bsky.social @youngisham.bsky.social @britmycolsoc.org.uk @elainebignell.bsky.social
🍄🖋 #imageoftheweek ¦ A sketch of Shaggy Ink Cap mushrooms, drawn using ink from the mushrooms themselves! Art meets nature, thanks to Professor @neil-gow.bsky.social 🌳
Kieran Marr opens our MRC-CMM Partners day with an inspirational keynote talk about the journey from discovery research to translational applications in Antifungal therapeutics and diagnostics. @mrccmm.bsky.social @youngecmm.bsky.social @youngisham.bsky.social
SWBio DTP PhD (Univ Exeter): Will global warming speed up antifungal resistance? Work with Prof Gabriel Yvon-Durocher, Prof Neil Gow & team. Experimental evolution, multi-omics & modelling on medical/crop pathogens. Apply: bpb-eu-w2.wpmucdn.com/blogs.bristo... #PhD #AMR #ClimateChange #Mycology
Tell 'em Tom "November has tied me To an old dead tree Get word to April To rescue me November's cold chain Made of wet boots and rain And shiny black ravens On chimney smoke lanes November seems odd You're my firing squad November"
Great day in FAILSAFE co-sponsored symposium on fungal AMR in Bangkok. @mrccmm.bsky.social @efisg @escmid.bsky.social @youngecmm.bsky.social @youngisham.bsky.social @msgerc.bsky.social @gw4amr.bsky.social
New review on the major new insights offered by solid state NMR on fungal cell wall organisation led by Tuo Wang. @mrccmm.bsky.social @youngecmm.bsky.social doi.org/10.1016/j.tc... @cellsurfacebio.bsky.social @youngisham.bsky.social @ishamycology.bsky.social @msgerc.bsky.social
FAILSAFE funding tackling fungal AMR globally in action at our symposium in Bangkok. Great to meet the team non virtually at last. @mrccmm.bsky.social @gw4amr.bsky.social @antimicrobial.bsky.social
Ready for an exciting few days in Bangkok talking about fungal AMR at a FAILSAFE special symposium of the Thailand Biotechnology Society. @gw4amr.bsky.social @mrccmm.bsky.social
Encouraging to find a packed audience at the Sidmouth Science Festival to hear about how good and bad fungi shape the world. @mrccmm.bsky.social. Also thanks to Ian Leaves for mycohelp. @britmycolsoc.org.uk @bsmm-meeting.bsky.social @youngecmm.bsky.social @youngisham.bsky.social
Happy U.K. Fungus Day. This was drawn using the ink from a shaggy ink cap growing in my own garden.
Many congratulations to Connie Lass-Florl as the very worthy 2025 recipient of the TIMM E. Drouhet lecture. Fantastic overview of the puzzles brought byAspergillus terreus infections. @youngecmm.bsky.social @ecmmcandidaiv.bsky.social
